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^ "Complaint, October 15, 2014". ^ "Order in Pending Case" (PDF). U.S. The Supreme Court decision in the case of Obergefell v. Retrieved November 12, 2014. Retrieved October 8, 2014. 2584 (2015), is unauthoritative, void, and of no effect, the legislation reads. Additionally, the proposal explicitly nullifies the recent ruling by the Supreme Court wherein marriage between two people of the same gender was declared a constitutionally protected right. Marriages are forbidden in several circumstances, such as between relatives and in the case of a same sex couples.In fact, Title 20 explains in detail, which marriages are forbidden by the state of South Carolina. In other words, the Supreme Court gave the Supreme Court ultimate-arbiter power and decade after decade, decision after decision, the Supreme Court has exalted itself into a de facto oligarchy.